Trump Trial

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Michael Cohen Gave Lawyer Fictitious Legal Citations Generated by AI, Could Benefit Trump in N.Y. Case​

According to the Times, Cohen’s use of fake citations could undermine Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s criminal case against Trump, in which Cohen is expected to be the star witness.

“The former president’s lawyers have long attacked Mr. Cohen as a serial fabulist; now, they say they have a brand-new example,” the Times reported.

The case against Trump is scheduled for trial on March 25. Bragg has charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in violation of a state law. However, he is also arguing that Trump falsified business records “with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal commission thereof,” with that other crime allegedly being a federal campaign violation related to the payment of former porn actress Stormy Daniels. Former prosecutors and legal experts say Bragg’s approach is novel and dubious.

Trump’s lawyer, Susan R. Necheles, called the revelation “typical Michael Cohen.”

“The D.A.’s office should not be basing a case on him,” Necheles said, according to the Times. “He’s an admitted perjurer and has pled guilty to multiple felonies and this is just an additional indication of his lack of character and ongoing criminality.”

The nonexistent cases cited by Cohen — “United States v. Figueroa-Flores, United States v. Ortiz and United States v. Amato” reportedly came with corresponding summaries and notations that they had been affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Trump Not Immune From Jan. 6 Lawsuits, Appeals Court Rules​

A federal appeals court ruled on Dec. 29 that former President Donald Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits relating to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Friday’s order was issued by a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals and affirms a similar Dec. 1 ruling issued by the same court, which found that President Trump’s actions leading up to and on Jan. 6 were part of his campaign for a second term in the White House and not an official presidential act.

“On appeal, the only question is whether President Trump has demonstrated his entitlement to official-act immunity,” reads the Dec. 29 order in a lawsuit filed in 2021 by Capitol Police veteran Conrad Smith and seven of his colleagues.

 

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President Trump’s request to postpone closing arguments in the wake of mother-in-law’s death denied by Arthur Engoron​

By Olivia Murray


When Amalija Knavs passed away on January 9th, President Trump and his attorneys requested that Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, grant a postponement for closing arguments, so that the president could be with Melania as they mourned their family’s loss.

Engoron offered phony condolences, saying he was “sorry to hear the sad news,” but promptly denied the request, writing in an email to Trump’s counsel, “I WILL NOT GRANT ANY FURTHER EXTENSIONS.”

Trump-haters were quick to condemn the president for requesting a delay in court proceedings, claiming he was being “disingenuous” as he still had the time and focus to attend the Fox News town hall event last night. Yet to me, it’s as simple as prioritizing what matters most, and naturally, when you have to triage critical situations and allocate energy to what is most deserving, a sham trial in a kangaroo court is certainly the least of Trump’s concerns—especially when compared to things like mourning the death of a very close in-law, and courting the presidential vote in an extremely consequential election. Without loss there can be no fraud, and in a sane world that functioned lawfully and orderly, “Tish” James’s accusations would have been DOA; everyone knows this lawsuit is a joke, but for the Hegelian left, nothing is off limits if it means “get Trump” finally happens.

However, Trump asking for a postponement to grieve a death in the family, while also attending other events, is all beside the point. The real focus is the left’s utter disregard for decency, and a totally inverted sense of what deserves mourning. A death in a person’s immediate family, no matter whose family, deserves a delay in court proceedings (especially illegitimate ones), because humanity is sacred, and making room for the bereavement of the loss of a loved one is what decent and civil societies do.

But, the Left doesn’t live by the rules of a decent and civil society, which is why leftists’ sense of what deserves mourning is indecent and uncivil.
They view a stunning political upset in which Donald Trump wins the presidency, leaving Hillary Clinton in the dust with a measly 227 electoral votes, is grievous. How many college campuses offered students “grief counseling” to process the “trauma” of November 8th, 2016? Remember this?

As the reality of President-elect Donald Trump sets in, the University of Massachusetts is offering grief counseling services for students and staff.
Counseling on campus is usually offered following some traumatic event, and, according to Oscar Collins, co-director of the Center of Multicultural Advancement and Student Success,that is how many students view a Trump presidency.

 

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President Trump’s request to postpone closing arguments in the wake of mother-in-law’s death denied by Arthur Engoron​

By Olivia Murray


When Amalija Knavs passed away on January 9th, President Trump and his attorneys requested that Arthur Engoron, the judge presiding over Trump’s New York civil fraud trial, grant a postponement for closing arguments, so that the president could be with Melania as they mourned their family’s loss.

Engoron offered phony condolences, saying he was “sorry to hear the sad news,” but promptly denied the request, writing in an email to Trump’s counsel, “I WILL NOT GRANT ANY FURTHER EXTENSIONS.”

Trump-haters were quick to condemn the president for requesting a delay in court proceedings, claiming he was being “disingenuous” as he still had the time and focus to attend the Fox News town hall event last night. Yet to me, it’s as simple as prioritizing what matters most, and naturally, when you have to triage critical situations and allocate energy to what is most deserving, a sham trial in a kangaroo court is certainly the least of Trump’s concerns—especially when compared to things like mourning the death of a very close in-law, and courting the presidential vote in an extremely consequential election. Without loss there can be no fraud, and in a sane world that functioned lawfully and orderly, “Tish” James’s accusations would have been DOA; everyone knows this lawsuit is a joke, but for the Hegelian left, nothing is off limits if it means “get Trump” finally happens.

However, Trump asking for a postponement to grieve a death in the family, while also attending other events, is all beside the point. The real focus is the left’s utter disregard for decency, and a totally inverted sense of what deserves mourning. A death in a person’s immediate family, no matter whose family, deserves a delay in court proceedings (especially illegitimate ones), because humanity is sacred, and making room for the bereavement of the loss of a loved one is what decent and civil societies do.

But, the Left doesn’t live by the rules of a decent and civil society, which is why leftists’ sense of what deserves mourning is indecent and uncivil.
They view a stunning political upset in which Donald Trump wins the presidency, leaving Hillary Clinton in the dust with a measly 227 electoral votes, is grievous. How many college campuses offered students “grief counseling” to process the “trauma” of November 8th, 2016? Remember this?

He had no problem attending his cult rally the day before. It’s not like the fat tub of lard has a modicum of empathy anyway.


Sorry for your luck, fat boy.

 

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J6 investigator wants to look into allegations that Cassidy Hutchinson turned on Trump over a job​

"We've had other people who were around and with the White House who have told us similar things, that she was actively trying to get a job in Mar-a-Lago and continue on with the Trump team," Loudermilk said on the Thursday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show.

He added that he is not sure if these claims are true, but they would be worth looking into.

"Some of them feel like that one of the reasons she turned on him is because she wasn't accepted for a position," Loudermilk said. "Now, that's just a hyperbole. I don't know. But these are things that we do want to look into."

According to an exclusive from Business Insider, Hutchinson reportedly kept working for Trump for nine weeks after he left the White House.

Hutchinson is a former White House aide who testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, attack on the Capitol in 2021. Her testimony was central in the committee's report on the event.



IIRC this was the woman that lied about what Trump was doing in the Presidential ' Limo '

actions IMPOSSIBLE to take and 2nd hand hearsay ... I heard from agents in the vehicle Trump did X

 

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Kevin O'Leary GOES OFF ON CNN Over Political Witch Hunt Against Trump In New York Civil Fraud Trial!​

 

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E. Jean Carroll Admits to Deleting Evidence Under Subpoena – Clinton Judge Kaplan Rushes to Her Defense!​

President Trump appeared in court on Wednesday as E. Jean Carroll testified in a trial where the jury will decide how much Trump has to pay for his so-called ‘defamatory’ statements about her.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, previously ruled that Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape.

In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

Trump has denied the allegations and called E. Jean Carroll a “whack job” who’s “not my type.”

Under cross-examination by Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, E. Jean Carroll admitted she deleted emails under subpoena.

Judge Kaplan ran interference for Carroll.

 

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‘I Saw That the Book Was Not Selling’ – E. Jean Carroll Makes Stunning Admission About Her Trump Media Tour​

E. Jean Carroll: I did 4 TV interviews. & 4 or 5 podcasts

Roberta Kaplan: What did you talk about?

E. Jean Carroll: The journalists wanted to hear about President Trump. I saw that the book was not selling – so I tried to talk about it

E. Jean Carroll admitted in court that the Lincoln Project’s George Conway, a toxic Never Trumper, convinced her to sue Trump.

Roberta Kaplan: When did you decide to sue?

E. Jean Carroll: I was at a party with George Conway. He took me aside. He had an iPad. He explained the difference between a criminal case and a civil case. He took me through the steps. He said he could suggest an attorney

Carroll also said Trump’s ‘defamatory’ statements led to an online army of trolls bullying her.

Attorneys representing Carroll blamed Trump for online attacks against their client.

Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said Trump’s statements in defense of false accusations of rape have given E. Jean Carroll ‘more fame than she could have ever dreamed of.’

“She is looking for you to give her a windfall because some people on social media said mean things about her. But in today’s day and age, the internet always has something to say, and it’s not always going to be nice,” Alina Habba said according to NBC News.

 

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And Trump is ordered by the jury to pay $83mil.

This is not America!

 

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And Trump is ordered by the jury to pay $83mil.

This is not America!

That's insane.

 

[WingsOfGold]

Kavanaugh Vs Leatherface with CRS all over again.

This means ANY girl from 6th grade made same claim against me could win. INSANE!

 

[HemiHauler]

Speech is free. Defamation not so much.

HA. HA. HA.

 

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Trump calls for Anderson Cooper 'tape' where E. Jean Carroll called rape 'sexy' to be shown in NYC court today to 'totally exonerate me' as he dramatically takes witness stand in $10m defamation case​

• Donald Trump may today take the stand in his $10 million defamation lawsuit
• Writer E. Jean Carroll says Trump raped her in the 1990s
• She is suing Trump for his denials of the allegations

Former president Donald Trump is taking the witness stand today as he bids to convince jurors he should not pay any damages to his accuser E. Jean Carroll despite having been found liable for defaming and sexually abusing her.

Lawyers for Carroll are expected to wrap up their case in federal court in Manhattan, and Trump is then expected to give what could be explosive testimony in his own defense.

Carroll, 80, is suing over Trump's June 2019 denials that he raped her in the mid-1990s in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan. The former Elle magazine advice columnist is seeking at least $10 million.

Trump, 77, has consistently denied wrongdoing, claiming he did not know Carroll despite photos showing them together, and accusing her of making up the allegation to boost sales of her memoir.

He said today in a post to Truth Social, his social media network, that he is heading to New York City for 'a trial based on false accusations from perhaps decades ago - The woman has no idea when!'

 

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'This is a violation of the justice system': Trump's attorney Alina Habba tears into $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll verdict and says she is PROUD to defend ex-president​

Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba said she was 'proud' to defend the former president and tore into New York and the justice system following the $83.3million E. Jean Carroll verdict.

The lawyer who Judge Lewis Kaplan threatened to 'lock up' for her outbursts during closing arguments on Friday said her client is being targeted because he is leading in the polls.

She spoke to reporters after the jury awarded Carroll the staggering sum in damages, after deliberating for less than three hours, for Trump's defamatory public statements he made about her in 2019.

He accused her of lying when she accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store bathroom in the 1990s and said he never met her.
The 77-year-old was ordered to pay the former Elle columnist $7.3million for compensatory damages, $11million for a reputation repair program and $65million for punitive damages - based on his 'malicious' statements.

Trump has already vowed to appeal the verdict and called the case a 'Biden Directed Witch Hunt'.

Habba, who has defended Trump in multiple New York cases, told the media she wasn't allowed to bring in evidence and claimed one of her witnesses was paid by the law firm of Carroll's attorney.

 

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In other Trump legal news, Fox ran an appalling story yesterday headlined, “Trump ordered to pay more than $80 million in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial.” The sub-headline explained, “President Trump says he will appeal the 'absolutely ridiculous' verdicts.’”



The case started when the 73-year-old plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll, had written a book alleging Trump sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf-Goodman dressing room almost thirty years ago. Trump vigorously denied her claim, so she sued the President for defamation. (The statute of limitations on sexual assault had long since run out.)

Last year, despite holes in Caroll’s story bigger than Zelensky’s bank accounts, and despite a series of inexplicable judicial decisions and a brand-new enabling statute clearly targeting Trump, the jury decided Trump was liable for defamation last year. The trial this week was the second trial, this one only to determine the amount of damages to be awarded for Ms. Carroll’s “defamation.”

Yesterday the jury awarded even more than Carroll’s lawyers had asked for, somehow toting up $18.3 million in actual damages and adding $65 million more in punitive damages.

Trump’s next move will be a legal motion with the archaic and slightly-bizarre title of “remittitur.” That is, a motion to reduce a “grossly excessive” jury verdict, and it happens all the time in these kinds of lawsuits. Some alert readers will no doubt recall the infamous “hot coffee” incident, where Stella Liebeck sued McDonald’s for making her hot coffee too hot, and a jury gave her a supersized $2.9 million dollars, which used to be a lot of money, back in the day.

But on remittitur, the judge reduced the award to $640,000, which was still generous, but shrank the lawsuit into a happy meal-sized box and McDonald’s took the deal. Under the rules, a defendant can either take the judge’s reduced offer or appeal.

More recently, and maybe more similar in some ways to Trump’s case, in a case involving alternative lifestyles and secret videotapes, Hulk Hogan sued Gawker Media in 2016 for publishing two minutes of a sordid sex tape of him grappling with Heather Clem, who at the time was married to Florida radio personality ‘Bubba the Love Sponge.’ An outraged jury sided with the wrestler and gave Hulk an eye-popping $140 million for his inconvenience. But Gawker appealed, and an appellate court reduced the monster award to $52 million; after a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing and a further appeal, Hogan and Gawker settled for “only” $32 million.

So the President’s next step is filing for remittitur, which can be filed along with other post-trial motions. Given the case history, it seems unlikely the judge will help Trump much, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t reduce the award to some extent. The judge will probably try to make it hard for Trump to decide whether to take the reduced award or appeal. After the post-trial motions, Trump can appeal the entire case, liability and damages, which the President has indicated he plans to do, in no uncertain terms:



The Carroll case is far from over, and it is unlikely to be resolved before the election.

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15 Facts About E. Jean Carroll’s Allegations Against Trump the Media Don’t Want You to Know​

Here are some facts about Carroll’s story that the establishment media do not want the public to know:

1. Bergdorf Goodman has no surveillance video of the alleged incident.

2. There are zero witnesses to the alleged sexual attack.

3. Carroll first came forward — conveniently — with the allegations while promoting her book What Do We Need Men For? in 2019, which featured a list of “The Most Hideous Men of My Life.”

4. Carroll was unable to remember when this alleged attack even occurred. She told her lawyer in 2023, “This question, the when, the when, the date, has been something I’ve [been] constantly trying to pin down.” She has jumped years — originally beginning with 1994, then moving to 1995, and even floating to 1996. She cannot remember the season in which the alleged attack occurred either.

5. The Donna Karan blazer dress she claims to have worn during the alleged incident was not even available at the time of her claims. Trump Attorney Boris Epshteyn told reporters, “She said, ‘This is the dress I wore in 1994.’ They went back, they checked. The dress wasn’t even made in 1994.”

“And that’s why the date’s moved around. This is the 80s. Is it the 90s? Is it the 2000s? President Trump has consistently stated that he was falsely accused, and he has the right to defend himself,” he added.

6. She never came forward with these allegations over the years despite constantly being open about sexuality, posting things that were very sexual in nature on social media — many of which Trump has shared. They include remarks such as “How do you know your ‘unwanted sexual advance’ is unwanted, until you advance it?” and “Sex Tip I Learned From My Dog: When in heat, chase the male until he collapses with exhaustion … then jump him!”

7. She said she was never raped, telling the New York Times’ podcast, The Daily, “Every woman gets to choose her word. Every woman gets to choose how she describes it. This is my way of saying it. This is my word. My word is ‘fight.’ My word is not the ‘victim’ word. I have not — I have not been raped,” she continued. “I have — something has not been done to me. I fought. That’s the thing.”

8. She named her cat “Vagina.” “Her dog, or her cat, was named ‘Vagina.’ The judge wouldn’t allow us to put that in — all of these things — but with her, they could put in anything: Access Hollywood,” Trump told CNN.

9. Joe Tacopina, an attorney for Trump, pointed out in May 2023 that Carroll’s entire story has incredible similarities to a 2012 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In that episode, titled “Theatre and Tricks,” an individual talks about a rape fantasy in Bergdorf Goodman — the same department store where Carroll claims the incident took place.

10. Speaking of shows, Carroll loved Trump’s show The Apprentice.

“I was a big fan of the show. Very impressed by it,” Carroll said on the witness stand, adding that she “had never seen such a witty competition on TV, and it was about something worthwhile, competing.”

11. Carroll made a joke associating sex with Bergdorf Goodman in a November 1993 edition of Elle, which was before the alleged Trump attack took place. As Breitbart News detailed:

Carroll was responding to a letter from a female reader concerned that she was having trouble achieving orgasm through sexual intercourse alone while the reader said that she could climax through foreplay. “Is there any way I could learn to reach orgasm through sex?” asked the reader in the November 1993 edition. “Maybe books I could read?”
Carroll replied with the following advice (emphasis added):

Dear Snowed Under: Stop flagellating yourself. Gadzooks! At least you have orgasms. And if that isn’t spontaneous sex I don’t know what is. Most women (about 70 percent) experience difficulties climaxing through intercourse alone. So you’re perfectly normal. Begin by reading For Yourself by Dr. Lonnie Barbach. She’ll give you excellent instructions on how to have an orgasm during intercourse. Then after 313 queenhell love-wiggles, move on to Gretta Garbo’s favorite love position – the top. (In erotic scenes, Garbo is always above the man. So are Sharon Stone, Bette Midler and Katherine Hepburn). Indeed, this location works better for women than the fourth floor of Bergdorf’s.

12. Carroll is financially backed by anti-Trump Democrat megadonor Reid Hoffman, who has openly admitted to visiting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.

13. Democrat party activists back her as well, as Breitbart News detailed:

Indeed, one of Carroll’s attorneys is Roberta Kaplan — a Democrat Party activist who led the group Time’s Up. She left the activist group after it was revealed she was aiding former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in attempting to discredit the Democrat’s accusers. It served as a great irony as Time’s Up seeks to defend women from what it claims is discrimination and harassment. This fact has led to mounting speculation that Kaplan only gets involved in cases that she views as politically expedient.

Further, Federal District Judge Lewis Kaplan is overseeing the process and has connections to Carroll’s other attorney, Shawn Crowley. She was actually a law clerk for Judge Kaplan, and he officiated her wedding.

That aside, Trump has denied knowing the left-wing activist as the only evidence of any contact is a single picture with Carroll greeting Trump and his ex-wife Ivana at an event greeting line over 35 years ago. Carroll has yet to provide solid evidence of this alleged encounter and will not use the dress that she claims had DNA on it from this alleged incident. Even Trump publicly said the dress should be part of the case. Further, there are no eyewitnesses of this alleged incident, which supposedly occurred at the popular New York City department store.

14. The lawsuit was only able to proceed after Democrats created the Adult Survivors Act in 2022. She conveniently pursued this suit in November following the law going into effect, which allowed her to avoid the statute of limitations for this case.

15. Carroll once said, “Most people think of rape as sexy.”
Donald Trump Jr. also retweeted a list of facts about Carroll, urging others to take a look:

 

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Trump comes out fighting: Donald's lawyers reveal how they plan to challenge $83.3 MILLION jury verdict in E Jean Carroll case - as they discover 'startling link between the writer and the judge'​

• Trump's attorneys claim there was an 'insane' conflict of interest at the heart of the case that they only became aware of after the trial was over
• Attorney Alina Habba claimed Judge Lewis Kaplan had an 'incestuous' mentor relationship with Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan - the two are not related
• A representative for Roberta Kaplan dismissed the claims, saying they merely briefly overlapped at the same law firm in the early 1990s

'It was never disclosed. It's insane and so incestuous,' Habba said, arguing their alleged close relationship was never disclosed and she only became aware of it after the conclusion of the case.

Habba continued: 'This is news to us. We are going to include this in our appeal and take appropriate measures. The fact it wasn't disclosed is an ethics violation.'

The allegations of a conflict of interest were bolstered by an anonymous former Weiss partner, who reportedly claimed Roberta Kaplan - a junior associate - made an extra effort to stand out to the managing partners.

'Lew was like her mentor,' they claimed.

Before becoming a founding partner at law firm Kaplan, Keckler & Fink in 2016, Roberta Kaplan worked alongside the judge at Paul, Weiss Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan.

She began at the firm in 1992, according to her LinkedIn, where Judge Kaplan was a partner until he was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994.

 

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Trump comes out fighting: Donald's lawyers reveal how they plan to challenge $83.3 MILLION jury verdict in E Jean Carroll case - as they discover 'startling link between the writer and the judge'​

• Trump's attorneys claim there was an 'insane' conflict of interest at the heart of the case that they only became aware of after the trial was over
• Attorney Alina Habba claimed Judge Lewis Kaplan had an 'incestuous' mentor relationship with Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan - the two are not related
• A representative for Roberta Kaplan dismissed the claims, saying they merely briefly overlapped at the same law firm in the early 1990s

'It was never disclosed. It's insane and so incestuous,' Habba said, arguing their alleged close relationship was never disclosed and she only became aware of it after the conclusion of the case.

Habba continued: 'This is news to us. We are going to include this in our appeal and take appropriate measures. The fact it wasn't disclosed is an ethics violation.'

The allegations of a conflict of interest were bolstered by an anonymous former Weiss partner, who reportedly claimed Roberta Kaplan - a junior associate - made an extra effort to stand out to the managing partners.

'Lew was like her mentor,' they claimed.

Before becoming a founding partner at law firm Kaplan, Keckler & Fink in 2016, Roberta Kaplan worked alongside the judge at Paul, Weiss Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan.

She began at the firm in 1992, according to her LinkedIn, where Judge Kaplan was a partner until he was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994.

The swamp is deeper than anyone could imagine.